Celebrate Drug Free Week at OTES

Students at OTES were excited to participate in the Drug Free Week activities. Today, students wore their shirts backwards in their quest for A DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT.

Name That Dog

Noella Milligan, our lunch worker, asked our students at OTES to help her name her new golden retriever puppy. The students came up with some creative and fun names for Noella and her husband to choose from. The winners of the contest were Johnna and Katelyn with the winning name "Maddie."

We're Back!!

The First Day

The first day is an exciting day for our students and staff. Everyone is anxious about the new year, the first day can be a new beginning for everyone.
WE appreciated that parents were understanding and helpful in the confusion of the changes with dismissal procedures. The walkers will be dismissed last, after the bus students. If we could ask walker parents to hold off on arriving at the school until after the buses are dismissed. Arrival for pick up should be between 2:20 pm and 2:25ish.

If you have questions about procedures, please don't hesitate to ask! Our school prides itself on attending to our students and their families.

Summer Reading at OTES

"Summer Reading at OTES" is an at-home incentive program. Students who are in grades K-5 this year will be challenged to read a total of 700 minutes during summer vacation. What this amounts to is 20 minutes of reading (each day) 5 days/week, for 7 weeks. Students who meet this goal will be invited to participate in an end of summer party.

The Old Town Elementary School Library will be open this summer!! That's right, come on in and borrow books, sit down and read, or enjoy special guest readers: Dr. Tuell, Mr. Cyr, Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Clark, Mr. Thurston, and more.

This program will start June 25 and run through August 9. The OTES Library will be open Monday-Thursday from 7:30-11:30 under the leadership of Amy Peabody. The Library will be closed the weeks of July 2-July 5; and July 30-August 2. Please look at our school web calendar as well for these dates.

Parents are encouraged to visit the library with their children. There will be themes for each week: Week 1: Plangs and Flowers Week 2: Bugs and Insects Week 3: The Beach Week 4: Bubbles Week 5: Balloons

Come join in the summer reading fun. For questions, e-mail Amy Peabody at acsp65@msn.com

A New SISTER

Emily Nicole was born on June 7, 2007----She's the little sister of Tyler and Josh. Nicole made her first OTES appearance on June 12th---We were able to give her OTES bid "WORK HARD AND BE KIND"

BIA Trip Supports Learning and our Troops!

Second Graders from Old Town Elementary School recently had the pleasure of greeting troops and seeing them off overseas.
Learning Community #1 took a field trip to Bangor International Airport to culminate their year long studies of the seven continents. While there, they were pleasantly surprised, by getting an invitation to join a group of dedicated folks and veterans who kindly meet incoming and outbound flights of soldiers. Second graders stepped right up and were proud to shake hands, give high fives, and say “thank you” to 229 men and women on their way to Iraq. Following the meet and greet session, the tour continued on as planned. The original goal for the day, learning about world travel was accomplished. But somehow, the adults and children involved in this experience came away with some even more important lessons about how we can all do our part. This was a trip worth taking!